Female Ski Jumpers Olympic get the red light for the Olympics

Although Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon of the B.C. Supreme Court found that:

"In my view, the exclusion of women's ski jumping from the 2010 Games is discriminatory. Many of the men the plaintiffs have trained with and competed against as peers will be Olympians; the plaintiffs will be denied this opportunity for no reason other than their sex. But not every act of discrimination is a breach of the Charter."

she rejected an application from 15 female ski jumpers asking that either they be allowed to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver or that all ski jumping events be cancelled. In her summary, Fenlon says that the International Olympic Committee is solely responsible for what sports are allowed to compete and stated that the IOC made a decision that discriminates against the plaintiffs and only the IOC can alleviate the discrimination.

With only seven months left until the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics, International Olympic Committee will be on the spotlight for this decision. I am looking forward to seeing how this develops. Let's stay tuned.